East Africa
Kenya
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
A short story collection drawing on Luo oral tradition, folklore, and the tensions of modern Kenya, death, spirits, marriage, and the fragile balance between old and new ways of life in East Africa.
Literary Significance
Established Ogot as a master of the African short story form
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editorial-summarynot primary textA short story collection drawing on Luo oral tradition, folklore, and the tensions of modern Kenya, death, spirits, marriage, and the fragile balance between old and new ways of life in East Africa. Established Ogot as a master of the African short story form
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